Machine for delivering newspapers and the like



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MACHINE FOR DELIVERING NEWSPAPERS AND THE LIKE Filed Feb. 9, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 EIG'; Ei :56 44 4 'xi ,''O I l INVENTOR Knm Ufa/MW i 1 y paper.. platform.

1' Patented Maf; 4,:*1930 1.1

' Aviii@NoN- 1ALBERTscOTT, oF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA, AssIGNOR or FIFTY-ONEv a PNR OiiNTT'OYfURnANHDAvID CLARK OF TOBONTO,`ONTARIO, CANADA ',j'MAoirINE FOR iJEnivniiING NEWSPAPERS AND THE LIKE v ,i Appneationfined February 9, 192s. serial No. 253,110;

pf.; yThis invefiomiaies toamachine for de# liveringnewspapers and the like asdescribed f 'in the present specification and illustrated in Y the accompanying drawingswhich formpart kl5 Of the saine.

novel features pointed out-broadly andspe- Afciiicallye in the 'claims for novelty following a y1.desfcriptio`n containing anV explanation inl def, tail of an acceptable form of they invention.

` .1 1 'For the sake of.expediency randpublicconlvenience, newspapers are now largely sold :from-Open `containers or boxes which are -placed upon the public highways andleft unl "attended, the vendor depending entirely upon the honournnd-honesty of the purchasersv 1r for his cash returnsg'it is kwell known that'the returns fall short of the'fsurn represented by 1 thenumber of newspapers removed from the 1 20 lJoon, thusresulting' in .an appreciable'peouniy loss." The newspapers, moreover, are eX- posed `r'to n the helements 1 `and on exceptionally rainy vdays 'they .are'woften completely ysoaked V'fand spoiled,to the' inconvenience yand Vfdisf -25a`ppointment of both purchaser andvendorI Thel objects ofthe invention,'therefore, are Y,to build an eilicient: machinevr that will pre- Vventuto a great extent-,pecuniary loss to the 'vendorf,fand shield the newspapers from'v dust, .30frain, snow and sleet; to construct such a device soth'atit may, iffdlesired,'provide space' for advertising 'Inattergl and generally, to improve ,upon the machine shown in an appli lcation fora patentoftheiUnited States of ALinerica,y iile'd as SerialNO. 192,9225.`

y 7 the device.

and operating.. mechanisms, removedrv from the casing.. d

` `is anbottom planviewof the newsyFig'ure 3 Y Figurerl shows 21V-,detail ofconstruc'tion-11l` 1 k45 f- Fi'gure is an endV view of'Figure 21showing-.partsofthefframefbroken away. "11 ':Figure isa section on line 6;--6 inFigv'Figure7.sh'ows a modification in the :conf

i 'struction'fof therv newspaper ejeoting means.

Figure 8V is a section on line 8*-8 in Figurellk 1 1 f Figure 9 is a side elevation of a set of ejectin'ginger and guide memberas shown d 1 in Figure 7, showing the guide partly in sec- .,Themvention consists essentially of the 1 1 tion.

f Like'numerals of. reference indicate corresponding parts inthe Various figures.l

Referringto the drawings, the newspapers 10 are depositedfupon the platform or elevatorll which'is suspended within the frame 12 by cables 13 yand 13A trained over the corner pulleys 14 and anchored inthe pulleys or wheels 15 andy 15A, respectively; the

wheels 15 and 15A are fixed on the shaft 16V' which is journalled in the frame 12 and has at one end theI ratchet wheel or driving wheel 17 xed thereto. f By depositingnewspapers "proximately parallel with the' ground, at least when in a position from which it is to be discharged, out of the machine, the platform is vmade to'travel upwardly from an initial or lowerm'ost slanted position to a final or uppermost substantially horizontal position, and' this is accomplished by making the pul- `leyslAto a larger diameter than the pulleys 15 and anchoring the front wires 13A to the pulleys 15A. By turning the shaftf 16 to raise the: platform, more of the wires 13A willbe woundaround the pulleys 15Athan y will loefV wound ofthe wires 13 around the pulleys 15, so that the platform will ygradually and finally assume a' horizontal position when itY has reached its yuppermost position. Thus, the pulleys 15and`15A form means of compensating for theL uneven thicknessv of a pile of newspapers. 1

yonly yhe ldriven by the former in the direc- "tion ofthe arrow (Figure 6). rA dog 20. pivoted at 20Ais positioned engage with the -ratchet 17 kso as to normally prevent v, the ratchetfrom rotating in a directionropposite to that'imparted by the arm 19, orin other words, opposite to that indicated by the arrow; a=rod22,slid ing in the frame, '-is^pi, v0tally connectedatthe bottomfend to the dog and is urged or pulled in a downwardly direction by the action of a spring 23, the upper end of 4the rod yterminating in a -handle24.

Y The dog can'lthereforebe actuated vto" disenf so rthatvnormally, the actiongoffthe tensioned .zaspri-ng is-to liftgthe member 19 Yof'the ratchet vv-17 and render same y'nelfective eto rotatethe ratchet when 'reciprocating backlandl forth -vvith-.the lever 26rfrom rwhichait deriveswi-ts vreciproeating motion. f

ao An {arm 31 is fixed-on'therhorizontallysarranged shaft 32 journalled-in'fthe lframe 1and is so positionedson` the ,-shatt :and `sized as-tofellgageor bearlupon the buttonzfQS volf gth'e rod 27 ;.on the same shaftfis jfxedgazfoeler v35 arm 83 positionedy preferably :fat about midxlllgth @of ythe shaft andnextending:out to yWithin fa Ashort ldistance @of :the vfront of v'the frame. The functionof thefeelergarm-is:to .rotate the shaft 32 and raise ther-arm glfciear 40'- ofthe button 28 whenthe platform-has yrisen .toga point below ythe highest-:possible posi- .tion from which-the uppermost ofthe ,newspapers upon the platform can :be discharged through the E discharge slot or openingV 314 45 milde through the front XWall of the casing 3,5. -Asexplained hereinbefore-,v the tension l .in7;tl 1e springi- SO is such as-to `1justovereome ythefcombined VfWeiglt Tof the-.rod 2,7 land laticlle'lfsothat as long asthe arm 31 bears :50 upon the rlmutton28 (seeFigure 51,)the addi- Etional Weight of the arm 31will overcemeithe ltension@ fthe spring B Oand the ratchet arm l9will -opera-tvelyengage with the .ratchet 17.

,1255 isnecessaryto `control or'fchefclr the' rising -gmotion,offfthe platform;crk since gthe slots/.84 Vis .Xai-andthesize 0.11v ,thickness ef each. .news-- paper issue varies from daytoiday yvs fhilefthel .platform always Irises -,by equalxincrements efor. everyfpartial turfn given-to the lratchet .3.8-- Tfhearms 26sa1aeoscii1ltedrby .Connecting one of said arms t0 a crank rod 39 Whichin turn connects with a crank pin 40 carried by the ratchet 41;the ratchet 41 is iixed on the shaft Vof the coin-controlled operating mech? mism-designated by the numeral i12- of fwhich y43 indicates the operating handle.v

On oneendof the shaft BSis fixed-a lever 44; arlinlr 45 is pivotally connected at the up-l per endv to the lever 4 4 as at at the lower end-to the crank -rodr39'asat47- lAs the "ratchet" 41 'rotates7 the link 44"-oscillates about the. axis. of the shaft 38V and kimparts the spaced side walls 49an`d connecting botpartialv oscillatory rotations to the shaft. To

.thelshaft Vareiixedthe castings 48 having v z so -tonrp'orti'on 50, and betweenzthesidewalls 49j ianidlonzthe shaft. '38 fare l:loosely `mountedthe newspaper .ejecting fingers or members "'51 lhaving'ithe 4sharpendsi525.stheffingers fare f therefore'free to swing downwardlyaround .the bottom'y 1the :shaft l38 until-*they engage portion.- 50 .inieach casting. i

theoranlr rvpin; 40 causes Vthe ejectingifingers to 'rise' liatftheir y'sharp or outer ends as we llf -asftotravel rearwardly,:andwthenftoglower Y latk theirgrgouter :ends to engage and bear f upon fthe uppermost newspaper .While they travel A-forn'rardlyg fthe 4fforiward travel of the eject? y ing ifingers. slides the Y(newspapers forwardly j` ,toward'randifnally partlyzthrough fthe slot.

`=In Iorder to determi-'nethe yanti-cloc'kwise 'a normaler operative -p0sition by'means, for linstance, of av spring .55 .tensionedzbetween 1one of the'levers 26 and theifrarnegA the arms andejecting fingers being normally in wthel' positonshownin Figure2.'

f- Thekplatform 4,isformed substantially as shown, having the plate 56 vfrom which 4pro-r .jectthefextensions 5'?y tothe ends of'which the wires; 513. andy 13Afare fastened. "Plates i578, i 9 secu-redit() the inside ofthej endsof-thefvframe,

alle` forma magazine-like unit -or' -com-partment LIn the path of the arm 59 is thelleverOpiv- The .-p1ate `56 r is perforated asat-StO form avclearanc'efor .the passage ofthe arm Iii; 59 which is freelymounted on. the shaft-32.

otally mounted under the yplatform andsized y i i swings to close the coinslot'GSmade through the casing. When the last newspaper has .to engage the armcl of the plate 62 which 71126 Y `beendischarged, the arm 59 falls bygravity into theslot 58A, tilts theV leverO'fto engage the arm"f61 land swingfthe plate 'f 62f'to' close 'thecoin slot.

The frame isjfconstructe'd'substantially ias shown, mounting all the'lvarious parts lOf the vmechanism or mechanisms, so that the yt'anftire 7 .frame and mechanismcan fbe Leasilyfpla'ced .nto @the-,casing and. gremowedlaseasily fase fics' l l afgnumber of `screws-.passed through the casp casing isy provided with a-hinged lid'65fwhich j 'canfbelocled and opened to load themachine with*newspapers.l The coins insertedinto the machine, andzparticularly into the coin-'central'oper'ating mechanism, through thek coin chutei66,fall' outpand` into a suitablecoin f receptacle 67 Thercasing has preferably the shield or.c`over..68 abovef the slot 34, andmay be A' provided `with suitable cleatsy 69 for inmach-ine yis preferably `supported vabove the f Vgroundby-,means of .a'suitable stand. The

frame is ,deposited into the casing with ythe members 70 resting .upon the floor'of'the casing,.and the'frame is-se'cured in position by ingdandthreaded into registeringiholes 1 in the'frame. s v

"' Asnewspapers sometimes have a tendency f ynot' to lie iiat one upon another whenmade or deposited'fintoa] ile, apair offsprings 73 f are secured to the'insideof the lid 65 and formed to extend downwardly so as to be engaged bythe uppermost; newspaper; such Q Y Y newspaper tending :to yiiatte'n 'it down .and l springs exert a pressure upon the uppermost serving'asy a meansforguiding the newspaper f et , j being ejected into the newspaper slot 34. K ,@fThefejecting fingers vmayalso be made as `members 75, the ejecting fingers are loose u on thexshaft38 which mayalsobe loose @in Vthe yarms 2,6,and thel link andlever 44 now eliminated. y. l

Thelguide members are madeto support the 4fingers with their'needle cleary of the newsffpapersibutlto allow the fingersy to lowerat' their needle end, before reaching the, end

f' to cause thexuppermost: newspaperto be en? 145 .members are madef'substantiallyas shown in` ofnthefforward stroke .ofthe arms 26 soy as gaged the needles andzejected. The guide Figure 9,groovedlongitudinallyas at 78 toleave sidepwallsy 79 slanting down as aty i .8'0"and'thebottom wallSlJ-fterminating short ias; at4 82.,v f Thef fingers; fhave the Ylateral projections A83 sized to slidably engage the side `walls79so as. to retain' the-needles out of vcontmtfwith the guide members, the needles l finally engaging the uppermost newspaper when theprojections '83. ride down upon the 'sl'antin-gportion 8O .of the side walls 79. A

vshield 84 for the needle is preferably provided 1' fon ,each l `of the ej ecting fingers.

i The coin'k controly mechanism maybe made tojany suitable design, 'such'v as that disclosed in a co-pending application yiiledas Serial Y {No} 230,001, and in that coin control mechanism the finger operating lever-'designated as numeral 86 in this specification (numeral in'v saidk application Serial No. 230,001)- ispreferably extended back of its pivotalk point so as to be operable manually by an authorized person and without the agency of the required number of coins. l

`l Operation: The lid isopened and the ejecting fingers and' guide members 75 swung back and the handle `43 also operated to move the 'shaft 38 rearwardly until the arms 26 have reached their=rearwardmost position The elevator is next allowed to lower by releasing the ratchet dog. 20 and the Vdriving member119with two yfingers of one hand, and simultaneously gently pressingdown on the elevator with the otherfhand. The newspapers are next deposited upon the elevator and the ejecting fingers j and guide members swung vback intooperative position above the upermost newspaper. The handle 43 of the coin control mechanism is then operated to raise the elevator untilthe uppermost newspaperfengagesthe feeler arm-33, the lever 86 kiof the coin control mechanism beingpressed toallow the mechanismto'operate without :the agency-of thevr'equired number of coins;

The device is now ready to 'be operated to vend newspapers. Y

As the handle 43 is given one turn, the gear 41 causes the levers 26 to oscillate rearwardly andthen forwardly, the ejecting fingers :moving rearwardly without engaging the newspaper, but finally engagingsaid newspaper when nearingthe'end of the forward stroke of the levers 26, said newspaper being slid into the slot 34. The tensioned spring 55 normally retains the handle 43 in operative position, thus serving the function of the spring 53A shown in said co-pending application' Serial No..230,001. As the levers 26 oscillate, the driving member 19 rotates the ratchet17 on their'rearward stroke, winding the cables 13 and 13A toy elevate the platform 11. Ifthe action of the ratchet 17 elevates lthey platform by increments smaller than the thickness of each newspaper being ejected, .the kfeeler arm operates to disengage the driving arm'19 fromthe ratchetv 17. When the last newspaper upon the elevator has been ejected, the arm 59 falls down into the slot 58A of the elevator 11 to cause the plate 62 to close the kcoin slot 63.

What I4 claim is: v f f 1. In a machine for delivering newspapersy andthe like, a casing having a newspaper slot, an elevator for the newspapers movable vertically, pulleys mounted above said elevator, a shaft rotatably mounted under said elevator Vand having pulleys and a. drive wheel rigid thereon, cables trained over said first-mentioned vpulleys and secured at one yendvto said elevator and anchored at the fto successively feed the newspapersonto said ej'ecting means, pulleysmounted above said elevator, a sha'ftrotatably' mounted under said elevator andhaving a drive vwheel rigid -thereon,'a pair of pulleysfrigid on said'shaft adjacentjeach 'end thereof, said 4.pulleys in r each pair being Vmade .to unequaldiameters,

front and rear cables in pairs tra-ined over said. first-mentioned pulleys and4 'secured .at one 1endto the vfront and rear'of saidy elevator,fr espectively, andanchored at the'other end inthe larger and smaller pulleys, respec- .tively,: :means operating togrotate said drive wheelftowind said cables around said-pulleys on said shaft, andimeans operating to releas- `ably-lock said drivel-wheel against rotation` unwindingy saidfcables.l

3. In a machinetor and the ililre,l a casing having a'newspap er slot, anfelevator for-the newspapers yfree to move vertically, pulleysy mounted above said-elev.v'a.to.r,a shaft rotatably mounted under said elevator and havinga "dri-ve wheel rigidthere-k on,rapair of pulleys rigid onsaid 'sha-ft ad- Ajacent f each end thereof7 said Y-pulleys in each pair-being made -to-,unequal diameters, front anclfrear cables vin ,pairs ktrained over. said -tirstinentioned,` pulleys and secured atnone enduto the frontend rear of said elevator', re-

spectively, Aand anchored Aatfrthe other endy in y*the larger and 1 smaller vpulleys, respectively,

actuated 'byf said ejectingmeans operating to rotate said drive wheelfto wind sai'dc'ables aroundr the pulleyson said shaft, and means e ,operating to releasably lock said drivewheel :against rotation unwinding said` pulleys.-

Ina Vmachine fory delivering 'newspapers and the like, a'casingV having a newspaper Y slot, an elevator for the newspapers movable vertically, pulleys mounted aboveu saideleyvater, a shaft rotatably mounted. under said elevatorand having pulleys and a ratchet wheel rigid thereon', cables trained over .said 'iirstqnentioned vpulleys and secured at one Y"newspapers into said slot,-a driving member actuated by said ejectingmeans operating to Y rotate' said ratchet wheelrina direction to raise said elevator,-'means operating to redelivering newspapers Vmember and supported thereby, l:a Itensioned spring operating to normallyfraise'said driving member out lofy.p'erativezengagement -withisa-idlratchet wheel, :a ahingedfarml en.-

igaging fatth'e `free `end thereof withisaid upf :wardlyfextending rod fandfovercomling'the o n f tension in vsaid spring,--'and` a hinged feeler movable withsaidhingedarmwand :extending tliepatho-f-the rising .rn'ewspapersuoperrl ating to swingsaidhing'ed arm vupwardly V when: thev iuppermost not.' said newspapers y ating .to successive'lyf bring :the rnewlspap'ersA y, into discharging position, ahingedamember' f oscillating rearwardlyfffrom and. :forwardly towardJ said islot, and Aej'ecting means' hinged at oneiV end Lto :saidf oscillating 'member oper` ating to engage the uppermost newspaper on the iorward stroke-.so aswtoregect-.sameiand f n to clear said-newspaper". on the rearwarcll` stroke;v p i" f '6. In:awmachineffortdeliverin'g newspapers -andzfthe like, a vcasing i having ia' newspaper slot, an elevatorvvforjthe' newspapers loperating @to successively bringrv thenewspapers into "discharging =po`sition,la yhinged 4member 'l oscillating f rearward-ly "from and Iforwardly ltowardsaid slot, straps pivotally mounted above said elevator Ato{engage,lthe vuppermost of said newspaperspand' ejecting fingers 'pive otally .mounted .at one endk to' said v`oscillating member and Vsliding upon` said straps, said strapsoperatfing toallow: said iingersto 'lower and engage said uppermost newspaperionlthe forward stroke of ysaid yoscillating member.

' 7.v f 'In' a machineV forv delivering newspapers i and the l1ke,fa'-2cas1ng havingia lnewspaper "slot, Van elevator' forwthe newspapers operating3to-successively*raise the newspapers into discharging position, ay member hingedV to'V oscillatetbetween 'a rearwardand a *forward position, la tensioned spring-mountedl to wardly, straps pivotallymounted abovesaid BHO normally retain vsaid'mem'berinitsy forward i position, handle-operated meansoperating to oscillatesaidlmemberrearwardly andV for- `i11`5 elevator andiengaging thefuppermostofsaid i newspapers, yand ejecting lfingers'hinged to said member and {slid'ablyl engaging saidA straps, said strapsoperatingto Vallow said fingers to flower and V'engage said uppermost nthe forward stroke'of said- Y newspaper 'f member.y l

Signed at the city of Toronto, this Sthdayf ofllovember,'1927. f v f f f l f if VERNQN'ALBERTSCOTT.

leasablylock said ratchet wheel as said eleyi vator is graduallyv raised, an' upwardly exf ftendingrod pivotally'connectedto said drivaso 

